The British preacher, Volume 31832 |
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... happiness , has been prematurely removed by the hand of death ; while others survive , whose mental and physical energies have been enfeebled by growing years and increasing infirmi- ties , so as to render them totally incapable of ...
... happiness , has been prematurely removed by the hand of death ; while others survive , whose mental and physical energies have been enfeebled by growing years and increasing infirmi- ties , so as to render them totally incapable of ...
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... happiness of others . Cowper says- " I would not enter on my list of friends , ( Though graced with polish'd manners and fine sense , Yet wanting sensibility , ) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm . " And this tenderness of ...
... happiness of others . Cowper says- " I would not enter on my list of friends , ( Though graced with polish'd manners and fine sense , Yet wanting sensibility , ) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm . " And this tenderness of ...
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... happiness . " Subsequently the fever seized his brain , and from Tuesday the first of November to Saturday the fifth , on the evening of which he expired , about half - past seven o'clock , he was quite delirious , apparently without a ...
... happiness . " Subsequently the fever seized his brain , and from Tuesday the first of November to Saturday the fifth , on the evening of which he expired , about half - past seven o'clock , he was quite delirious , apparently without a ...
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... happiness of man : doors are opening in every direction , and the call of many is , " Come over and help us . " Those who comply with the invitation will receive a cordial welcome , will meet with the approbation of a good con- science ...
... happiness of man : doors are opening in every direction , and the call of many is , " Come over and help us . " Those who comply with the invitation will receive a cordial welcome , will meet with the approbation of a good con- science ...
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... happiness to those around us ; and in seeking the good of others , we shall find our own . 3. The only way to keep the door open is by holiness of character and purity of worship . In order that the one may be possessed , and the other ...
... happiness to those around us ; and in seeking the good of others , we shall find our own . 3. The only way to keep the door open is by holiness of character and purity of worship . In order that the one may be possessed , and the other ...
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Popular passages
Page 276 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; if thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not ; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works...
Page 213 - The spirit of the Lord is upon me; because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the broken hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Page 190 - While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 65 - Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Page 68 - My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous...
Page 66 - Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
Page 294 - And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, "It is my people:" and they shall say, "The Lord is my God.
Page 31 - For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Page 154 - He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Page 150 - Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die ? saith the Lord God ; and not that he should return from his ways, and live...